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Mighty
Sweet Mini PiesYou know what they say about good things and small packages. Mighty
Sweet Mini Pies, a sugar-crusted business on North Main, proves
that bigger is not necessarily better.

The wee, wedge-shaped store's menu only boasts pies. Small, individual pies - a perfectly generous portion for
one. Truthfully, two can share a mini pie but they're so good you'll
want to hog the whole thing for yourself.

"She was a wonderful baker and wonderful cook who always wanted a
place like this but never got one," Birden said of her mother, whose
framed portrait sits behind the display case of pies. "Now we're doing
it."

One thing you may not know about Birden:

"I like the movie 'Auntie Mame.' You have to love someone who believes
that 'life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.;"

Michael Paulsen/Staff

27of46

Mighty
Sweet Mini PiesYou know what they say about good things and small packages. Mighty
Sweet Mini Pies, a sugar-crusted business on North Main, proves
that bigger is not necessarily better.

The wee, wedge-shaped store's menu only boasts pies. Small, individual pies - a perfectly generous portion for
one. Truthfully, two can share a mini pie but they're so good you'll
want to hog the whole thing for yourself.

"She was a wonderful baker and wonderful cook who always wanted a
place like this but never got one," Birden said of her mother, whose
framed portrait sits behind the display case of pies. "Now we're doing
it."

One thing you may not know about Birden:

"I like the movie 'Auntie Mame.' You have to love someone who believes
that 'life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.;"